[348] leaves ; 32 cm (folio)

Title proper romanized from Greek; contents listed on title page in Greek and Latin

Imprint from colophon (T5 verso): Venetiis apud aldum. M. IID. Idibus Quintilis. In hoc idem quod in aliis nostris impetrauimus

Edited by Marcus Musurus and Aldo Manuzio

Scholia, by Musurus, surrounds the text

Collation: folio: pi⁸ a-g⁸ d¹⁰ e-x⁸ o¹⁰ p-y⁸ ph⁶ ch-ō⁸ A-E⁸ Z⁶ H-L⁸ M⁴ N-O⁸ P¹⁰ R-S⁸ T⁶ [$4 (+d5, o5, P5; -ph4, Z4, M3,4, T4) signed in Greek characters]; pi2, pi4 numbered "2" and "4" respectively; S4 missigned "Siii"; k8 and T6 blank.

Super-chancery folio; a2 (i.e. fol. 10) recto: 41 lines of scholia surrounding the text, and headline, 234 (244) x 147 (155) mm; types: 146Gk, 114Gk, 114R; woodcut initials and borders, initial spaces with guide letters in first gathering

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.57 FOLIO imperfect: T6 (blank) wanting. Pressed and washed. Leaf dimensions: 305 x 210 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.57 FOLIO with bookplates of Frederick Spiegelberg, William Horatio Crawford, and Roderick Terry. Inscription on front free endpaper recto: "M. William Flax Bourton Som[erset]: 1891" Bookplate of the BPL Benton Fund on rear pastedown.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.57 FOLIO bound in ca. 19th-century polished calfskin panelled in triple-fillet gilt, rebacked in goatskin with spine panels retained. All text block edges gilt. Housed in a brown cloth slipcase.

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